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INTER•OF F!CE MEMORANDUM
Mayor Maurice Ferre
Comm. Theodore Gibson
Comm. J. L. Plummer
Comm. 'ianolo Rebaso
and
vtity Mgr. P. W. Andrews
Vice Mayor Rose Gordon
4av 25, 1976 FILE
sueirct
Agenda A.nnearance
June 17, 197E
RCFERENCEf3
Dade County Citizens Safety Counc
k NC!.c URES.
I would 1ik, to suggest that Miirtin Yelen, President of
the Dade County Citizen Safety +you nc , 1 , and Glenn E. Sudduth,
the Executive Director F :, ,hedn i e ? en the June 17, 1976
agenda.
Attached you will find recent nr' icles and a fact sheet
pertainin+i to the Council wLich ."ay be helpful in determining
the urgency of 5.1ppnrt. The United Way deemed the Council work
so important that some emergency aid was provided.
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The titian,
Citizenq Safety C..incIhit
its first "angt:'," but. itt-; strn,4.:1, tor
survival appeal-. to N 4r fr-r.-,
ended.
Two u.teok,-, the --
long pla,,P(1 trair.e
safety — 1- • 1, ef
het (1%';1,!';:+g
call resources
lt ha,:, , •
$12,non l• \, •
about -Ho a
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hik:h nor:pa 7, t
t_ial support it, %we!ail
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open thrrinp,r, r,ti
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torts to ; t:.. ; :;Ii
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• 'n Dade Court:
would not be worthvehde to keep
• &Jots open," Sudduth says
,n serving as a governmental
v.at( proddtog Metro and
to =prove highway signs
3r:d to install medians
when major arterial roads are wid-
ened — Siliduth argues that the
t Council is coritrib-
,,,ng to t:dif;. safety.
Statiatks don't dispute that. In
1962, the last year the council was
,nactive. inert,. were 191 In",
.11 D:11;11. It
W,I•rt• or that sarno per:
(id, ;umber of registeri.d
sa71.ci from 52/1,00n to
4D thc chemical test
;.H..i1 t nloA. titfemeans
d Orv.er's sobriety.
r.gtr.oincone wa:k a straight
utt his an.1 touch his
'Inv; ,,,< hardly t!te way
test dr,\a:.g," Sudduth
says.
CURFILNli crisis
fir,: for sari t% Cowl.
O 1 It w. ;n from 1959-62 be.
y4t, of S.,pilOrt and
:was reactivated largely through the
- forts of tru.cking magnate James
der.
• was lured away from
Pulice Ocpartment In
163 and paid S12,000 to be execb-
:.%e directi Although his aiary is
1. c.v $25,500 a year, Sudduth has
c,oly two assistants and the coon-
annuai operating budget stni :s
ui-iut $60,600, the same as when a
was reactivated 13 vears agb.
Governmental financial support
uixays has been minimal Metro
(':tr)butes $15,000 a year and
Viannl $12,5001 this year, after years
a' $15,00(1. Prvate contributions
yore the concil'a main support.
Put those have declined. to only trw
Si1.000 last year. Sudduth blannes
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Speaking o accident rates,
Dade Count:iis t“,
shortighted tr, tlieir
-"en; S4f, l,!II
to a terriportry lull In the e.:on-
omy.
v. as Ir) die
in ihe late 195ri's nnri had to be'
re'it.Ltrted ;4re:A t end
expen•-.-::n 1 when the traf-
fic aCCidertbegan to rise
dar,ge rot;
C.oncerrn>ti -
StlaCkd n
Sudduth to, t p 11:s rapk of
IllaJr n thi :.i 1i nt%-
partment 7es.,;.; roc
coun: CO'
Linde; tae tok,,:t.11
seen to the pas,•age of a of
Co:Istruc!
1110Vc' dangeroas and drunken
f CouicH
Atiar-J, 7,
orivers from the hiE,11ay.
In 196'2, the year before the
Liotincl was re;.J.arted, Dade
c,:ainty had 52S,00,1 registered
veiil c ftr-eytt- record ed 24 5 tra -
I f a ta it: es. Last N car there
were more than to..;ce as many
registered vehicles Dere and
e:;actly the same number of
deaths as 14 year:, ago. Insar-
anc€,. rates are bad enough but
thlnk %%That they might be if
Dade had had twice the num-
ber o; fatal aLcidents.
The Safety Council's volun-
teer directors are nnw engaged
1;1 ,ffl emelxency fund raising
campa4r to offset the effects
ttle recc•;,sion of the past two
v..hich has left the coun-
cil nearly broke. The fund rais-
f.rs rti.ed and dt:serve communi-
ty support.
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Cash ens IS
faces Dale
safet,
`Irtatmu-
p Hy VFItNII I
M.14,nt Now.' t.t,o•-•,••
The Da:le C ..•-•••• 1.7c. -3f,...ty • •..r. croli
for decreat;:ng auto 3r.H.71: •rt-
sis and could br: 1);:*. !
said.
teal • e'•Isd I . ',T. ,r,ernber
of the r()!Ir`. -;rt Kt.; ; .,.• s talicss an
emergency fund drive succx*sis
The threat of ine S..,' ••;,.• ;; ekrtp ;'t
time when ntitr; 17.S, .r:ce acid • .•.4-
ing down auto crasif's s r. .1. rt3 • 13'
problem, : d F,t,(2 I • • •
;-,e;;; ;, n• A, -4
president of The •
conducted :or f'41:-. r 're 1: 3 : E-33 .3•
The hudget r • a'•olit •?4 •
Kinney. "Ther. are or....
ing th.e coura
eXCP7v r . • 1,11r 7: • • '."
!detrc cc•rit- c,••. .•
bution to SI
TI e "..
tributions s a;•-„, • , s..C1 4.1.
sad, hut la C if d. i",d, 1 ; - : start
of th s fi••• . • 0 , ..•,.
have amounted to ft• I 414.
Last year t I spy. t $46 475 It;
$44 051.
"\k'e ' ' ••g ; .; :,• t•,y 1, lt
tightening," 'idii•atn a -1i • , pi: 'Al
eroded ollt pr a .d „it tro,' s'ed
our costs "
Sudduth sa.1 :,72:ate anti
Attril on ; • -••• • .; , .; • ,, !aced
v..tri ,,n : • r .; or
o; If they dor v.e to
Sudduth ieft ;‘,1,.. a, ri 1 ni r
Department in 19b3 • take the f,r.:
tor. At that tir.'.t3 t.rts c ;urc t: I reC: 0..d7 rol
commur..ty drive to .ran_c rats at
:her su,irce
The Saf•,••,' . Oo a :•Car
each from 7'letro and 7,t,t,t-" • r •
. •.Par
,
Among the achie‘ ements of the Safoty Council has
4.'en imptc% ernent C.)1. what Sudduth calls the "environ.
,(nt" of th( roadside. Th:s has resulird in better guard
ii.1 prote,Aa.:: , bre•.ika'.va•.• '14;11t i.rash nh
tP Ito!: t of ramp exists on exp:essways and other
charli.••••
'For %sta. 7'0'; i 1`)62 ;here wire 24,1 traff.c.
•eriths ,• 3:2'•.0(K) reibstered vet.
' tl.ere were 215 deaths buf
s,Wittio It 5f1Milhirg
v.•••••-k •••: 1•••en +00 deaths.'
file •• lobb,•inp, for auto safe:v
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"`-laddutii re, ogniied rot only in our state. hi ; n2
1,•InaIly as one or the most informrd ridividoals
. round on tic:I:dery nreyer.tion," said McKmney.
,safe: ,• c•lor,erateci th the Dade
.•, ho'•; system !,i'l,•,•• •.• • ,lefensi%e drivc-tt,J,
!, :.,', 33. t; •..i by the traffic
1:,11 in%
“so far, 70.000 dry,refet-red by the courts ha\ e
rnpie'cd t;it: , i,ui se."itsaId. ' I thank the Safe-
' Crur.; tHt ahozil."
r fi.:•!1; t 11••' co-
4 1••••,-!.•; ;•Lr. Jr:F. tir:v;
d rasl•ps
ere :lad ah al oho: 'r.ter.t •t• their sa:d .'-'id-
_dlr. ‘Vrt doirre.'n•,.'''d these facts anti brought Lois 'rni.n C le,. _cure."
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14, 197f'
Contact (.1 erin E. Suddutlt
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C,nc of the important force; vital to efficient overall tran:,::<ortntion here in the
'Metropolitan Miami area is the Dade Safety Council. The ati.cntit,n given by its
professional staff, as the many hii. hl y qualified volunteer',, for they all
:bound safety our citi::r., 7s is tremendous as the Council quietly and
expediently 1.r.',,r.ks throu _neut the County, the State and on a national level.
Some illustrations of the ( cuncil s ‘vork include.
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'I`'• Ult1C;2.>Clj�li:7t_ .'Cr_:C�CI7t n.21'::i'. • - . :r.cc 127("), a cr (1tinuirlg research
prog1arm, with the 1 .'lvE'. .'ti• of .. lFtrtl7 yi rI71;p' irr!pc-rtant n::'v c-.:t%i which reveal
human, vehicle, an,-an,1 ore ir:?nrnerra1 factor;: associated with elect,-'d 6arr.plini3
of hade traffic acc1.::i n''
pro; r;t d ,117 .- ..i77 .'r' =il n, (r,,...il't (Alen, and tv, ,ititennnce St;inc"trd:
.Manual '.ea:- arv.the] joint ..';tur.: p.c.).'(-21 c,f the University of with the.
Dade Safety Council. - r:c'!t.' in re :iev. h'.' :'ioriric L.cpartllleri. of '1ranSllo:talon
Cornnlittee as provi,; ed `7.• .Stan: t .t1.i •',
LEGISLATICN.
*Ce'..tI al Is se.,.
r1C ? 7r :'1 r r' ..;c :,. _ t'. - `.;'hich requires that each 2' lorifta
driver's rt_:co:•r: in '.i: n1-1 -li..-:b be e i • cheelce-' to insure that c'.' I t ificates of
eiiaibilit; are ,ail;,.-.! a:;l tl:., i.' i t, deserve to have their lip:enie
ren.. wed, (i cn t 1Iii) _'2' :.:t`.l lntarrit ? It a list of i O, Oa,C
scofflaws who vuul do t ., r t.ci, t. fc' in . i , r ' d. v _ •c r c. -ir r (,a:'al .ct^> ielatic�ns, it
of them, `.ti'ittl tl7ii. r. .. ; ''.','. . had t0 ari .':'t. i' tCi 7 court be!n c e getting their
licenses renewed - thu i -- .,C're r'eSpttr.si;)in - No !,:ore need for the
:ik.,d Bock - r.d an ir.cr:r: e c,f abc,it en • Lidr'J of ;. million dollars each . ear.
in the County':. fine am .orfk iture funs:. -
*Periodic il'ri; ez ir•cxarninati(,n - (1'en owed :::ou5ar.. of legally
l:c'.•nsed drivers frc'n, ti'.tr read,;).
�tateuia' lrtotor Vehicle ir.sn_'ction - (In apite of N..ve,,:r.r.e,,ses it , c'r:1.1li .
each year in ne.>ded sat( t reps rs to millions of Florida v"(:iclea i.
•�lripllt?tl _.on:+r'rlt an.f CI1e:?7ica1 "1 C: t 1. i.:,r - (1' rovid.e: access to, and legal
meaning for, the only re11<i:;1e evidence re: ardinc! the cu:ecion of sobriety of
suspected drunk cli i.'; E,r.; ).
*A:and2tnry 1: :n- et fn z - (ic oui.re; protective hea,•i'' a ti
which has rec.ueed the incidence and S(tv::] l:y of ;earl inlurle.> in I:lotorcycle
accidents)
....djudirl4L:;-..n the
lep,a1 identification o( con .1.(4(1 '4 I.1.1111K ; - cntia1 ny effort ;or
measuriry,, rates of ceoi,ii4.4:.,ni or 1.14,c4 ,•117ti4.4.:....-4 -cc:-.Itcr44.ea.sury
programs).
1...F.T5CA7,7CN•
1,rivinrf ( torli,a1 hour CI:. o)r rarr)
171 i /nit ' rint• of the prop,/ an ,i1 i4inti in the
T'i.rr
'4(T reatent el i ni for convicted .1runk clriv.. ir cteCounty,
olE •,- called for by our :,--f i h n r. .;• parate
rn.1 enrr,oratIon.
*)')ot announc..rnent:- and ether public information.rcic.1S0.5 are
prepared and rlistrit-.,uteclb the f £tde aft v Council.
*Colin!' eling arc. porfo, frequently for
4-4,e1-1001 ( •4ni7.•itions, etc.
;kn.]a1t n Ac. erninar L Red te.) accuaini.
en-.T:loyers ar.d the eirentf; and enccuraeo
voluntary cor:pliaricc.
Intortnatn ina,rf; it4n, .4 to. ac. uai• t ted putrti onces
with th(Ur so.-.c.,-41 ,Inern'ftil, \ 4o) the hey/ re hu, ric;u1.4 which
inundate nilP. of, op44,1.:* coapt„.1. areas
fety pro. 1-urr3 :r.c1(4111ii: H-4 tv.w. fano4.44:4 ,
and spec1 te.
, for 'en's ,7.1111.) t444,, who r$1.:.:4,r4. rind
conduct their club z--ti i • t1 y.r
or1-.Fr: p to 14,.-Ar) COP ittee irtember S anc
othe'.'s fi a f y irt .-,nd around our 1._Ilools.
re Safety ctiviti.. 'ani......4,iincooration with vui local Fire
DepartniT.nts.
As important. its thz_, above it, are, our !;Aajor effort:; been focused upon
the enormous problo:t. of tra fie accidents.
RESULTS.
be, \ye encoura...2O
significant reduction (aboul. 1
occurred in 1971 and 1975.
rducirL th:.; speed limit. on
doubt this wa- factor, e:ipc.
been co:nnionpl:...-(.. Here ji
decreast:: iron, 294 in 1973 -
s and 1114, tigated by our 1...-tc-4.i? :-)atety Counrii .nay
th,4 result.: `10.1 are no doubt aw.-,e
) irthi3 nation ':i traffic accid:--nt fatalit:es
r.icit for thi4-: rc•duction has lar;:ely been a5cribed t,.
rieri :a hii2iiv...ays to a maximum of 55 rr,ph,
-i;:11), in rural Prnerica where higher speeds hz:ki
ro.de County traffic deaths also showed a sharp
4..o 246 in 1975. It is interesting to note tha.
our speed lin.it ir. Ijr.ty virtually uncha exc.L:ot ior a
modest reductiGn mph ,,n exi;res.;w..,./ .iystcm. Surei
the reduced speed ltrnit i1J not i .!en ;(.) facto/. in our local
experience! Many of U3 belleVP ,74f01t9 t .e cornmunity resulting from th,.
work of our l'ade -')afety Council aro paying ividends in improved safety. Look
at the safety improvellent!..4 on our xpi ef,.‘v.ays: *Better lip.hting. *Po:;itive
median =;-, pa ration of opposine traffic lano;.t (virtually eliminated the fatal
held -on c!•ash on most of our limit 2Ci ;.1CC.css roa.cis). *1_.0,,er on and off
rariips driver.-; a much bett,,r chic_' to merve into and of the hirn
spi.led expressway traffic). *Bette) si!--2:1-u; (warn drivers ahead of time when
expr.2.ssway lanes are about to terminate, o • ' disappear- down an exit ramp).
*1-:aised and reflectotizcrl lane deli *Energy absorbinr cushions known
attenu.ators'• (in absorb more o me viol ,r1t dee,Aeration forces associate,.:
with vehicular cra ilrea into concrete abutrmntm, or other fixed objects). These
and other improvements are makinz our roads more 'forgiving," in character.
-As of I, 1 C.ie t 1 bilanco for our tacit, :-.;alety Council NT,-as
-337. Viith avelaing aliout .-,.4,500.00 per month, it is
obvic-Ju: that t!.v,. for only a matter of 'eis - unleF.i there
is ;. significant and Hilir.e...:iate infusion ot 11.nds. 'roday, r..e Lacie Safety Council
initiatir2 a fundi•:-., QfS,-.1t, and tips sot a ;.:a.1 of $100,000,00, which i-
and t wher co?,:oared to -..1)0 0,.;t11:1r.ted en half
billion dollar a::0,-,1 r•re.—f cir1s te, (-quo y citi;,ons from traffic
accident!,
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